Lois Hobart:  

hey'd be shelved! LOVED the social scene of the theatre dept. and the friends and wacky parties. college was a wonderous time. but after an entire lifetime in dekalb, i was ready to say buh-bye! :) Workplace at present, after yet another reinvention of myself, i'm a certified life coach - with my private practice called reflective beings. i have been working in this realm since january, 2006 - becoming certified in july, 2006 and then getting certification as a "dream coach" (dreams that you aspire to achieve) in january, 2008. for the blow by blow, read on ... after college, i pounded a typewriter at a few different chicago offices. worked for a CPA firm - NOT for me. worked for a hotel marketing company - MORE like me, but not satisfying. found a job doing market development for an audiovisual production company (corporate communications) that did multi-projector slide shows (remember SLIDES?), video, corporate conference design, special events, etc. segued from being an employee there into having my own production company - corporate comedy - which i ran and also served as writer/producer/director of corporate humor and events. this was during the 80's when there was more corporate money for what was considered "fluff". when those budgets dried up, i turned more to speech writing and meeting planning. then, in 1996, i closed up shop and have been doing an assortment of things - working on a book, several playwriting projects, produced a women's lecture series in chicago (based out of toronto) and worked with five celebrity women for one season (mary tyler moore, linda ellerbee, sarah ferguson, maya angelou and lauren bacall), then worked as the house manager for the chicago production of "blue man group", which i did for 2.5 years. in 2006, i entered a program and am now certified as a life coach and am thrilled to running my practice, "reflective beings" where i serve a variety of folks who get "stuck" in life - real issues - tangible and emotional - and, in a trusting, open exchange of conversation and "hard questions", we work together to find a solution that's "unstuck" and more comfy ... it's a slippery slope to sort. and i'm pleased to offer objective and caring eyes and ears to help forward motion occur. recently completed 12 years as a board member for the guild for the blind (chicago) but currently serve on the advisory council of and am an associate with chicago's award-winning and professional american theater company. Military this is not an arena where i have any experience - however, i respect those who have served - voluntarily or not - and honor those who've guarded and protected our country - and mourn those who never came home or those who came home so profoundly changed - for whatever the reasons ... ultimately, peace, in my mind, is the goal - and one i'd HOPE we eventually achieve. if people could only sit and listen and speak and hear ... it's not all that difficult - but leaving egos outside the door seems to not be an option ... ergo, the fuel ... god help us all.